The Tornados - Telstar (1962) 4K

The Tornados performing “Telstar“, released originally in 1962. It reached #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100, #1 on the UK Singles Chart, #1 on the Irish Singles Chart, #1 on the Belgian Singles Chart, #1 on the South African Singles Chart, and #5 on the US Billboard Black Singles Chart. This brilliantly innovative instrumental captured the spirit of the age and rocketed to the top of the American Hot 100 on December 22, 1962. The song is about the Telstar communications satellite, which was launched shortly before this song was written. Joe Meek recorded this in his home studio above a leather shop on London’s Holloway Road. The rhythm guitarist on this track was George Bellamy of The Tornados, who is the father of Muse lead singer Matthew Bellamy. The Tornados - a journeyman club band - disliked the song, but Meek added his own distinctive magic at his home-cooked studio above a leather shop in northern London. An overdubbed Clavioline keyboard provoked spooked space effects,